SF 134

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 01/14/2019 03:51pm

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Forever Green Agriculture
Initiative at the University of Minnesota.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; FOREVER GREEN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE.
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new text begin $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for grants to the Board of Regents of
the University of Minnesota to fund the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative and to protect
the state's natural resources while increasing the efficiency, profitability, and productivity
of Minnesota farmers by incorporating perennial and winter-annual crops into existing
agricultural practices.
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